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in April and May ; budding with the pushing-eye (oadiren 

 aiif's treibende auge), in June or July; budding with the 

 sleeping-eye (oculiren aiif's scklqfende auge), in August and 

 April. 



43. Remarks on forcing Cherries. By Mr. Fintelmann, Gardener 

 to the King, in the Isle of Peacocks, on the Lake at Potsdam. 



1. Cherries of the Double May sort (doppelte maiJcirsche) 

 grafted on the common wild cherry, are planted in pots in 

 autumn in common garden soil, mixed with leaf mould. 

 They are plunged in a sheltered situation, exposed to the sun ; 

 and, in the beginning of winter, the pots and roots are well 

 protected from frost, by being covered with litter. 



2. In the following spring, the blossom buds are broken off 

 as soon as they appear ; and, by the end of June, all the shoots 

 which have pushed freely have their points pinched off, so as 

 to leave not more than six buds, which buds by that opera- 

 tion become blossom buds. 



3. The plants generally remain in pots only one year be- 

 fore they are forced. Before they are taken in they must 

 at least have sustained 8° (Reaumur=14° Fahr.) of* cold, 

 otherwise they are found to break very irregularly. The 

 blossoms are thinned out, so much so, that where fifteen have 

 appeared, not more than three have been allowed to expand. 

 The construction of the house in which the forcing is com- 

 menced varies according to the season. When the trees are 

 taken in in December and January, the glass of the roof must 

 be much steeper than when they are not taken in till February 

 and March. 



4. Heat is communicated by flues in stoves, commencing 

 with 46° Fahr. ; the trees are frequently sprinkled with luke- 

 warm water, and the roots, which ought to have been kept 

 quite dry for some time before, well soaked with hot water. 

 Mr. Fintelmann boils one half of the water, and mixes it with 

 the other half: and he uses water of this temperature till 

 within fourteen days of the trees coming into blossom. 



5. When the buds break out into bloom, watering over 

 ^head with lukewarm water is left off, but the stems are kept 



moist by rubbing them two or three times a day with a wet 

 brush. During the blooming season, the temperature is 

 raised from 46° to 67°, every third day 2^° more heat being 

 added. Abundance of air is given, and shade during bright 

 sunshine. In boisterous weather gauze is placed over the 

 openings through which the air is admitted, the advantage of 

 which Mr. Fintelmann is well assured of, after eight years' 



